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Why I Angel Invest

Angel Capital Association

I’m sharing my thought process because perhaps it will nudge some of you to angel invest too! I consider myself a furiously curious person, and angel investing is one of the most rewarding ways I’ve experienced to satisfy this curiosity. My angel investing hobby was making me a better Founder, CEO, and business leader.

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Everything An Angel Investor Should Know About The Corporate Transparency Act

Angel Capital Association

by Joe Wallin , leader of the Angel Capital Association Legal Advisory Council and Pricipal at the law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. Big Picture The CTA is intended to assist law enforcement in combatting money laundering, tax fraud, financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity through anonymous shell and front companies.

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How Angel Investors Can Get 100% Capital Gains Exclusion Under Section 1202

Angel Capital Association

Banking, insurance, financing, leasing, investing, or similar businesses. Ensuring Compliance Mike Schulte, senior analyst at Great North Labs, had this to add: “QSBS is a very powerful tax benefit that incentivizes private investment into startups. This 100% exclusion, unlike many other tax breaks, is permanent.

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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

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We have no measure of the changes in available capital resources from entrepreneurs and their friends and family, but we have no reason to believe they have changed radically over the past few years. Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings.

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Beware the Tax Consequences of the Convertible Note

Angel Capital Association

Convertible notes are a popular instrument for raising early-stage capital. For a comprehensive discussion of convertible notes, see Angel Capital Association’s former Chair Emeritus John Huston’s excellent paper on this subject: here. Some notes have the right to convert at any time, not just at the next qualified financing.